Workshop on exchange of experiences and good practices among non-Annex I Parties in preparing
national communications and on cross-cutting issues
Cairo, Egypt
20 to 22 September 2007

At SBI 25, Parties endorsed the work programme of the CGE for 2007 and in particular the workshop on exchange of
experiences and good practices among non-Annex I Parties in preparing national communications and on cross-cutting
issues. The workshop aims:

1. To improve the process of preparing national communications through exchange of good practices among experts in
areas such as establishing a system for managing the preparation of national communications, promoting South-South
cooperation, national communications in the context of national development planning and building capacity to
ensure continuity of work on national communications; and

2. To train experts from non-Annex I Parties on how to report information under the section “other
information considered relevant to the achievement of the objective of the Convention” in the national
communications using the template prepared by the CGE.